Are drum brake shoes as easy to replace as disc brake pads?

Brake cable issue, you may need both because of the length change after use. The front cable pulls one, and the other must come with. Last one I had needed backing plates too, the bosses were worn and the shoe metal web caught in the wear points.

This kind is a little different than the older style, recheck the correct shoes are in use. They look like the older design, but used with that wheel cylinder would make a technician reverify part numbers were correct. It could be right shoes if thats a heavier gmc light truck, like a 1 ton.

The circlip and the companion flange yoke in the pic are telltale to my eye, but assembly of parking brake parts can be another way you messed it up. Get it assembled right, adjust up as you install the drum. If your cable will release?

The parts will assemble correctly? The drum will go in place? Then the wheel cylinders could be checked for freely operating and return.

The real brake part supplier also has assembly manuals and show correct assembly. You could ask your dealers back counter who they use for a pro supplier. Those guys know their shtuff.

They have assembled mock units for people who need this kind of question answered. The part that connects the cable lever behind the secondary shoe sits horizontally and applies the primary shoe, must engage the shoes, the lever and be spring loaded. If it missed its correct groove, that can make it not collapse, and frankly, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INSTALL THE DRUM to have your described symptom, OR REMOVE the drum after the symptom began.

You just need to correct the returnability of the cables and assemble carefully and correctly. A newbie mechanic is supposed to leave one side together and use it for clues. You have not been on the road yet because you have many things on your checklist to go back thru and inspect for a self recheck.

Gotcha, your story is doo doo. Go, cables apply and release. Backing plate boss wear is not catching.

Wheel cylinders apply and return. Parking brake parts engage correctly into their guides and allow related parts correct assembly. Then adjust up to the drum from fully screwed together at the starwheel.

Drums are machined within spec and alike.

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